UK engineers built a tiny liquid-metal pump to move robotic butterfly wings and power wearable devices; it could make robots move without bulky motors
- Saba Firouznia, research associate at the University of Bristol's Soft Robotics Lab, holds the robotic butterfly powered by a tiny liquid-metal pump.
- (Image credit: Saba Firouznia)Engineers at the University of Bristol have developed a miniature liquid-metal pump weighing just 0.2 grams that could help soft robots move without bulky pumping systems.
- With a volume of 0.086 cubic centimetres, the device can drive a robotic butterfly’s flapping wings, change the colours of a bracelet and power a wearable that squeezes a fingertip to simulate touch.
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- Saba Firouznia, research associate at the University of Bristol's Soft Robotics Lab, holds the robotic butterfly powered by a tiny liquid-metal pump.
- (Image credit: Saba Firouznia)Engineers at the University of Bristol have developed a miniature liquid-metal pump weighing just 0.2 grams that could help soft robots move without bulky pumping systems.
- With a volume of 0.086 cubic centimetres, the device can drive a robotic butterfly’s flapping wings, change the colours of a bracelet and power a wearable that squeezes a fingertip to simulate touch.
Sources: Times of India